On Thursday, June 2nd, PBS will broadcast a powerful documentary that covers an important piece of my personal experience. Bad Blood, which airs on WGBH on Thursday, June 2, at 6:00 and 11:00 PM, is the story of how a miracle cure … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2011
Apparently, Paul Ryan thinks seniors are selfish, greedy louts
In some ways, you have to pity Paul Ryan. A few months ago, he was the savior of the Republican party, and a media darling who could apparently do no wrong and who was the only person in Washington who was serious about solving the … [Read more...]
How Scott Brown learned to stop worrying and love the stimulus
The title of this post (of course ripped off from one of my favorite movies ever, Dr. Strangelove) relates to a portion of an op-ed that our junior Senator published in the Worcester Telegram yesterday. The gist of the op-ed is that Scott … [Read more...]
MASSterList: Patrick to take the stand at DiMasi trial – Senate passes FY12 budget – Court reform headed to conference – Romney pre-announces announcement
PATRICK TAKES THE STAND: Gov. Patrick is set to testify today in the corruption trial of former House Speaker Sal DiMasi and his alleged co-conspirators (AP). The Herald has some advice for how the Guv should proceed, and the Globe has … [Read more...]
NY insanity: follow MA to folly
The New York Times ran an editorial today that trashes Governor Andrew Cuomo's proposal for a 2% property tax cap. Personally, I think Mario needs to go to Albany and whack some sense into that kid of his. Seems the NY proponents of this … [Read more...]
Both our Senators vote for Patriot Act extension
Congress voted this week to extend three provisions of the Patriot Act for four more years: The "roving John Doe wiretap" provision, which allows surveillance orders that do not identify either the person who is a target, nor the kind of … [Read more...]
Boston Finance Commission
________________________________________________________ City of Boston Finance Commission Minutes of the Meeting of May 5, 2011 The Finance Commission meeting was convened at 5:00 PM at 152 North Street, room 309, Boston, MA. The … [Read more...]
Barack Obama on a Roll
I know this sort of summarization will set the fringe full mooners on the right all atwitter but the last month or so has been pretty good to President Obama: 1. He received a rock star reception in Ireland and now in England … [Read more...]
Globe editorial page has gone off the rails
Someone call security! Clearly the Globe's editorial page office has been infiltrated by those tricksy pranksters at the Pioneer Institute or something. Nothing else could explain the last two days of bizarre punditry emanating … [Read more...]
The Herald headline and story are wrong
(Cross-posted from the COFAR blog) On Tuesday of this week, The Boston Herald's readership was treated to a bombshell headline and story, purportedly about government waste due to delays in the closure of the Fernald Developmental … [Read more...]
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